{"id":16190,"date":"2025-04-28T13:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/uncategorized\/loaded-roasted-sweet-potato-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:36:16","slug":"roasted-acorn-squash-with-cranberry-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/recipe\/roasted-acorn-squash-with-cranberry-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Roasted Acorn Squash with Cranberry Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<p class=\"back-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/spring-summer-2025\/heart-sleep-and-savor-three-cookbooks-for-a-healthier-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Back to Food Article<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/acorn-squash-650.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16192 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/acorn-squash-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/acorn-squash-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/acorn-squash-650-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recipe-card\"><\/p>\n<h3>Roasted Acorn Squash with Cranberry Sauce<\/h3>\n<p class=\"servings\">Makes 4 servings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 medium sized acorn squash, ends trimmed, cut in half lengthwise, and seeds scooped out<\/li>\n<li>1 shallot or small red onion, sliced thinly<\/li>\n<li>2 sticks celery, chopped finely<\/li>\n<li>1 red bell pepper, cored, chopped finely<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon fresh thyme<\/li>\n<li>1 cup white quinoa, washed well, soaked for 1 hour in warm water<\/li>\n<li>1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries<\/li>\n<li>2 cups oranges, seeds removed<\/li>\n<li>1 cup fresh tomato, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons date syrup**<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup walnuts, chopped coarsely<\/li>\n<li>2 cups water<\/li>\n<li>Black pepper, as desired<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place the acorn squash halves on a baking sheet and roast at 350\u00b0F for 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>While the squash is roasting, roast the onion, celery, pepper, and thyme in a saucepan. Add the quinoa and water. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook for 25 minutes. Leave covered.<\/p>\n<p>As the quinoa and squash are cooking, simmer the cranberries, oranges, tomatoes, and date syrup for 15 minutes. Check the acidity and add more date syrup if desired. Blend the sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Pack a layer of cooked quinoa inside the roasted squash. Scoop out some squash for a deeper pocket. Add the scooped squash into the quinoa mixture.\nDrizzle the cranberry sauce on the quinoa-stuffed squash and top with chopped walnuts for a satisfying and delicious meal.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Healthy Aging\u00ae Editor Note<\/strong>: If you do not have date syrup on hand, you can substitute with maple or agave syrup.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"author-credit\">Recipes and photos used with permission and excerpted from The Heart Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook, written by Jenneffer Pulapaka &amp; Hari Pulapaka with foreword by David L. Katz, MD, MPH. Published by Hatherleigh Press, Ltd. Distributed through Penguin Random House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"back-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/spring-summer-2025\/heart-sleep-and-savor-three-cookbooks-for-a-healthier-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Back to Food Article<\/a><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View recipe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe","category-spring-summer-2025-recipe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16191,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16190\/revisions\/16191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}